Definizione monolingua e traduzione marry

marry

(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.]

Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.

(transitive, in passive) To be joined to (someone) as spouse according to law or custom. [from 14th c.]

She was not happily married.

His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailors apprentice.

(transitive) To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife or husband. [from 14th c.]

1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXIII:

The kyngdome of heven is lyke unto a certayne kinge, which maryed his sonne [...].

(transitive) To take for husband or wife. [from 15th c.]

In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.

(transitive) Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation. [from 15th c.]

The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.

(transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses, ostensibly for life; to constitute a marital union according to the laws or customs of the place. [from 16th c.]